The Adventures of
Trocious & Firebird
Intro: what you just walked intoWelcome to Trocious & Firebird, a father–daughter cartoon project about a group of ancient kaiju who have survived everything without learning a single lesson.They have existed in the age of dinosaurs, the rise of cities, backyard afternoons, museum visits, and several major snack events.They remain certain. About what, nobody knows.
![Field note, July 26, 1918 "Ancient Assyrian Lamassu with T-Rocious from 1000 BCE discovered by team near Babylon." — Dr. Burk Tuzzard](assets/images/gallery02/0b17d6ef.jpg?v=7478c272 "Field note, July 26, 1918 "Ancient Assyrian Lamassu with T-Rocious from 1000 BCE discovered by team near Babylon." — Dr. Burk Tuzzard")
Trocious & Firebird Through History
Trocious accepts the job of pharaoh along the Nile. Big hat. Fancy stick. Someone mentions responsibility. The appetite continues.Trocious shows up early at Lascaux. Somebody starts painting. Somebody else calls it history. Everyone nods. The appetite continues.Trocious takes a shift at the gates of Nineveh next to the Lamassu. Wings, doorway, thousand-yard stare. Extremely official. The appetite continues.Trocious poses for the calendar in the Maya lowlands. The dates click, the suns spin, the future clears its throat. The appetite continues.Trocious stops by Mount Fuji for a quick drink. The volcano gives it everything it has. Very impressive. The appetite continues.
Trocious thrives in prehistory
He is sympathetic to his friend the T-Rex, who is tired of remarks about arm length, but remains focused on larger dietary opportunities.Asteroids and volcanoes come and go.Confidence is renewable.
They Live Here Too
Trocious and Firebird move easily between legend and the produce aisle. One minute the air vibrates with ancient consequence, the next they are comparing leashes, waiting for a crosswalk signal, or asking whether anyone has seen the mail. Grandeur never prevents errands. They arrive already familiar, as if the neighborhood had been expecting them.
DOMESTIC LIFE
Even monsters have routines.Someone walks the dog.
Someone walks the alligator.
Both feel they are carrying the heavier burden.Firebird tends to understand the situation faster.Trocious brings enthusiasm.
How the Work Is Made
Developed collaboratively by a father and daughter, the project presently relies on the father for much of its execution. The long view anticipates an eventual passing of the work into the daughter’s hands.
Beware of Garden
Wherever they go, arrangements begin to wobble.A border is proposed. Growth continues. Trocious surveys, Firebird witnesses, and control becomes another decorative element. Gardens, like civilizations, make promises they cannot keep.
The characters
Trocious - A kaiju that has inspired art and awe around the world for eons. Mostly harmless, but with an appetite that includes trees, buildings, worms and occasionally people.Firebird - A timeless mythological bird with a mouthful of teeth. Care should be taken around this creature as its top feathers are prehensile flames.Globbly Blird - The last living archosaur on planet earth. A mysterious creature that exhibits flashes of brilliance alongside mind-numbing boneheadedness.Bug - A mosquito of monstrous proportions and a holdover from the Jurassic period. A companion of the others who sometimes is also lunch.Sentient Worms - Nobody knows where they come from or why they insist on hanging around because these snarky creatures are a favorite food for everyone in the group.Vern - A Loch Ness like monster who calls the Cuyahoga Valley home, he is regularly found draped around the Christmas tree.Frank - A truly giant Giant American Millipede who is quite trainable and makes for a strange but perfect pet.
More About Trocious & Firebird
Two KCs.One absurd universe.Trocious & Firebird began years ago in chalk on a sidewalk and somehow turned into a small, evolving cartoon world. Everything here is drawn by hand, then colored digitally. The rules are simple: the shapes stay the same, the creatures stay themselves, and the jokes get as ridiculous as they need to be.This is a collaboration built on shared voice, passed back and forth between two artists a generation apart. Sometimes one KC leads, sometimes the other does, and the fun is that nobody ever quite knows — including us.Welcome to the land of mean worms, emotional lake-dragons, civic-minded birds, and one occasionally misunderstood eater of cities.
Still Out There
They move through the world like weather. Big footsteps, small thoughts, sudden tenderness. If the ground vibrates a little, it may just be them passing by.
© 2026 Trocious & Firebird by KC & KC